Cameron HeroldFounder of the COO Alliance & Invest In Your Leaders Training

Traits Of Successful Entrepreneurs - Do YOU Have What It Takes?

24 Dec 2013 · 1 min

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Cameron Herold opens with an interactive audience poll, reading a list of traits commonly associated with entrepreneurs (high energy, many ideas, restlessness, low sleep, irritability, periods of burnout, sexual acting out, feeling persecuted). He points out that this list overlaps with clinically diagnosed traits for bipolar disorder, prompting the audience to reflect on the similarity.

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Before I dive into the content, I just want to get a quick poll from the audience. I'm going to read out a list of traits that describe entrepreneurs, and if you hear five of these traits that describe you, I'd like you to stand up. Do you often feel filled with energy? Are you flooded with ideas? Are you driven? Are you restless? Are you unable to sleep or to sit still? That's five. Are you often working on little sleep? Do you often get euphoric? Do you get easily irritated by minor obstacles? Do you burn out periodically? Do you act out sexually? Do you feel persecuted by those who do not accept your vision? Just look around the room really quickly. Those traits do describe entrepreneurs, but those are actually the list of clinical diagnosed traits for bipolar disorder.